UPDATE: According to an article from January 2012 the contract with the company in charge of repairing the bullring was terminated so the works were not finished.

http://www.aps.dz/Resiliation-du-contrat-avec-l.html

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Oran, the second largest city of Algeria, has a bullring. The first bullfight took place in 1954 and during the French colonization held bullfights that ended with the independence of the country. During the 90's the bullring was used for political meetings, sports and theatre.Meanwhile over time the bullring became delapidated so the City Hall of Oran decided to repair it in 2010.It will be inaugurated in December this year and instead of using it for cultural spectacles they decided to reopen with a bullfight to boost tourism.The media of Algeria begin to report these intentions in August. Meanwhile some of the articles mysteriously disappeared but the City Hall has this announcement in their website http://www.oran-dz.com/ville/actualite/article69.html .

We cannot allow that another country hosts bullfights. The bullfighting industry is desperate to export their bloody business to other countries because in their own countries is no longer profitable.

It came to my knowledge that the City Hall of Oran intends to reopen its bullring in December with a bullfight.

Claims have been made that this will boost the tourism in the city.

Bullfights in Spain, France and Portugal have been more and more contested and tourists avoid to visit these countries due to that fact. The popularity of the bullfights in these countries is decreasing year after year.

Importing a barbaric custom to your country is not a wise choice, quite the contrary. Many people who would choose to visit your country will choose not to.

Please use the bullring for spectacles of art and not spectacles of torture and death.

Trusting that your wisdom will prevail over atrocity I request you to not allow this or other bullfights to go ahead in your country.

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INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE RETURN OF BULLFIGHTS TO ORAN/ALGERIA

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